"They're going to do it as a mini-series. It's set in Australia and it's about the tension between a mother and her daughter because, believe me, having a teenage daughter is like living with the Taliban.

"As the mother, you're living under a repressive regime – you're not allowed to sing, dance or wear short skirts."

While Lette has a 19-year-old daughter herself with husband Geoffrey Robertson, she insisted that the novel is not based on her own experiences. Among the storylines include a love triangle between the mother and daughter characters.

She added: "I get to go to Australia soon to drive around in a convertible and do an open casting looking for hunks to play the love interest."

Lette's novel The Boy Who Fell to Earth was bought by actress Emily Mortimer to be developed into a movie version last year.

Stephen Fry will write the screenplay, while Mortimer will play a mother who is bringing up an autistic child.